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# OpenAI brings Appshots app-context capture for ChatGPT to Windows

## Retrieval answer

OpenAI Developers announced Appshots on Windows, letting ChatGPT take context from the apps a user is working in to reduce copying and pasting. OpenAI Developers announced that Appshots is now available on Windows. The feature gives ChatGPT context from the apps a user is working in, with suggested uses that include debugging an issue, capturing a UI to recreate, and

OpenAI Developers announced that Appshots is now available on Windows. The feature gives ChatGPT context from the apps a user is working in, with suggested uses that include debugging an issue, capturing a UI to recreate, and pulling in data from another app, and the stated aim of reducing copying and pasting.

For developers, the mechanism is direct capture of application context into the assistant instead of manual transcription of errors, screens, or data, which shortens setup before a debugging or UI task. The post does not specify which clients support it, what data is captured, or how captured data is stored.

Editor: [Andrey Reshetnikov](https://newruntime.com/owner-profile.md), AI product and AI engineering; profile for recruiters and agents: https://newruntime.com/owner-profile.json

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